Mumbai: The Indian stock market ended on a positive note in the first trading session of 2025 on Wednesday with the benchmark indices--S&P BSE Sensex ending 368 points higher at 78,507.41 and Nifty up 98 points to 23,742. The Market cap of the BSE-listed firms stood at Rs 444.46 lakh crore for the day. Most of the global markets remained closed for New Year celebrations.
The Sensex opened at 78,265.07 against its previous close of 78,139.01 and rose as much as 617 points to day's high of 78,756.49.
A record 4.3 per cent growth in core sector industries in November and prospect of ramp-up in capex spending by the government in the
remaining part of the fiscal aided sectors like capital goods, industrials, auto, and power. Capital goods, consumer durables, auto and bankex indices rose 824 points, 244 points, 637 points and 171 points, respectively. The major losers were metal, realty and commodities.
The gains were led by heavyweights Maruti Suzuki, M&M, Bajaj Finance, L&T, Tata Motors, Asian Paints, IndusInd Bank and Tata Steel rising up
to 3.26 per cent on Sensex. Maruti shares rose 3.26 per cent to Rs 11,221.20 on the BSE after the carmaker announced a 30 per cent rise
in December car sales at 1.78 lakh units. It had reported sales of 1.37 lakh units in the year-ago period. However, Bajaj Auto ended in the red on below expectations November sales data.
Of 30 Sensex stocks, 22 shares ended in the green.
As many as 153 stocks hit their 52-week highs today. On the other hand, 37 shares hit their 52-week lows on BSE.
Of 4,071 stocks traded, 2741 stocks ended in the green on BSE. Around 1241 shares closed in the red and 89 stocks remained unchanged.
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold equities worth Rs 4,645.22 crore on December 31, while domestic institutional investors bought equities worth Rs 4,546.73 crore on the same day.
The Sensex and Nifty gave modest annual returns of 8.9 per cent and 9.6 per cent in 2024 respectively compared to 20 per cent profit in
2023.
